self-defeating
bad faith
intended
shoot oneself in the foot
abandonment
counteract
purposeful
nonachievement
be out for
nonaccomplishment
goalodicy
self-abnegation
hara-kiri
uroboric
power trip
punt
self-sabotage
like turkeys voting for Christmas
purposefulness
pretense
vengefulness
vindictiveness
look out for number one
advantage
sharp elbows
self-destroy
self-destruct
play false
unburdening
bend
retaliate
under one's own steam
purposive
account for
hoodwink
self-seeking
bamboozle
revenge
hamstring
avenge
snow
lead by the nose
goal-directed
get it out of my system
pull the wool over someone's eyes
pigheadedness
bullheadedness
be one's own worst enemy
obstinance
stubbornness
sacrificeable
self-will
endeavoring
obstinacy
rational egoism
on one's own account
come the raw prawn
numero uno
self-control
self-acting
tergiversation
lulz
purposing
sell out
unpurposefulness
self-deletion
self-annihilate
self-defence
vengeful
revengeful
self-defense
betrayal
felo-de-se
devil take the hindmost
self-protection
reabandonment
self-ordination
beating
tie someone's hands
vindictive
cut off one's nose to spite one's face
take down
entification
whipping
interject
prosopon
conflict
overthrowal
deinstrumentalize
help oneself
selfsustained
by-view
self-renunciation
scopulate
scratch one's own itch
threat

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